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Swampscott in International Context: Expanding Our Ecology of Knowledge
Author(s) -
Sonn Christopher C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1002/ajcp.12038
Subject(s) - community psychology , health psychology , sociology , dominance (genetics) , international psychology , politics , ecology , context (archaeology) , political ecology , environmental ethics , social science , critical psychology , psychology , asian psychology , social psychology , political science , public health , geography , philosophy , law , chemistry , archaeology , biology , biochemistry , medicine , nursing , gene
In this paper, I offer reflections as someone from outside the United States about the Swampscott conference. I refer to Fryer and Fox's (The Community Psychologist, 24, 2014, 1) critique of the “Swampscott discourse” and its role in fixing the birthplace of community psychology. While the critique is important, I note the growing references to international community psychology and the need to view the discipline as a product of social political realities in different contexts, as well as dynamics of dominance and marginality in knowledge production in psychology. The work in the Global South presents opportunities to contribute to developing a decolonizing community psychology through expanding the ecology of knowledge.